I think it's a good idea and would be useful in unix-world too (we have a hell-lot of compilers and versions these days)
On 11/16/07, Steph Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > This is just a suggestion at this stage, I'd like to test the waters with it > before writing a patch. > > Apropos the VS discussion, I was thinking about suffixing the PHP version > number in these 'beta builds', to help with the ensuing QA logistics, and > then it struck me that it might be useful for _everybody_ to have compiler > info (make/version) as part of the string returned from php -v, probably > alongside the build date. We could then sanely ask for that information as > part of PHP bug reports. > > The MS compiler version is transparently available to the source code, so it > wouldn't be difficult to make the information available in the resulting PHP > binary. (It's also available to our MS build system[*].) I know rather less > about the situation with compilers on other platforms though...? > > Comments? Particularly, does anyone actually use php -v output in their > scripting in a way that would make this a bad idea all round? > > - Steph > > [*] The build system currently appears to be using that info for BC > workarounds, among other things. Elizabeth, if you're reading this please be > aware that it needs a little investigation. > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- Alexey Zakhlestin http://blog.milkfarmsoft.com/ -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
